The legislative mandate for this report requires inclusion of information about relevant research on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and others. Section 1 of this appendix describes SSA’s major ongoing projects. Section
2 presents a bibliography of studies regarding SSI payment levels, recipients, and reform proposals published in the past 10 years by both public and private entities.
We used the model to simulate the potential effects of several approaches to expand the SSI program to fight poverty among the elderly. Approaches focusing on incremental changes in the Federal benefit rate, the general income exclusion, and the resources test appear roughly equally effective in reducing the poverty gap among the elderly on a cost-equivalent basis, while two approaches focusing on relaxing the earned income exclusion are less effective (Davies, Rupp, and Strand 2004). We expanded the model to address SSI participation and financial eligibility among the working-age disabled and to assess SSI benefit restructuring options for the entire SSI population. The working-age model allows for the identification of working-age persons by their SSI financial eligibility status, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) insured status, and participation in both programs. We used the expanded model to assess SSI’s role in complementing SSDI and enhancing the safety net for the working-age population (Rupp, Davies, and Strand 2008). We simulated the effects of several approaches to changing in-kind support and maintenance rules and options for altering the calculation of the Federal benefit rate for certain living arrangement categories (Balkus et al. 2009). We also studied eligibility for Medicare buy-in programs with the financial eligibility model (see Rupp and Sears 2000; Sears 2001/2002). In unpublished internal research, we used the model to estimate the size of the population potentially eligible for the Medicare Part D low income subsidy.
A number of studies by SSA researchers provide a better understanding of the SSI program, the elderly and disabled target populations, program interactions, and the role of the SSI program in the United States social safety net. Nicholas (2013) as well as Koenig and Rupp (2003/2004) estimate the prevalence, characteristics, and poverty status of SSI recipients living with others on SSI (who are not an eligible spouse) in the context of their individual, family and household units. In 2003 and again in 2005, SSA provided funding for interviewing supplemental samples of SSI and SSDI beneficiaries to increase the SIPP sample size available for analyses of these target groups. DeCesaro and Hemmeter (2008) examines the characteristics of SSDI and SSI program participants using the 2003 supplemental sample combined with the 2001 SIPP, both matched to administrative records. Bailey and Hemmeter (2014) updated this research note using the 2008 SIPP matched to 2010 administrative records to examine the characteristics of SSDI and SSI program participants. Rupp and Davies (2004) tracks survey respondents from the 1984 SIPP for 14 years using administrative records on SSI and SSDI participation and death events to assess the relationship between self-reported health status, disabilities, mortality, and participation in the SSI and SSDI programs. Weathers et al. (2007) uses a unique longitudinal dataset based on administrative data from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) linked to our administrative records to conduct a case study of SSI children who applied for postsecondary education at NTID. Another study uses our administrative records from August 2005 through August 2007 to analyze SSI recipients who lived in counties and parishes affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Davies and Hemmeter 2010). Hemmeter (2009) examines the occupational distribution of SSI disability recipients aged 18-61 who work. Hemmeter and Gilby (2009) analyzes age-18 redetermination outcomes for SSI youth, including appeals of initial cessations and subsequent reapplications for benefits after a period of ineligibility, while Hemmeter (2012) looks at changes in diagnostic codes following the age-18 redetermination. Another research study examines the subsequent participation in the SSDI and SSI programs by individuals whose eligibility for those programs ceased through a continuing disability review because of medical improvements (Hemmeter and Stegman 2013). Rupp (2012) analyzes factors affecting initial disability allowance rates for the SSDI and SSI programs and finds that demographic and diagnostic characteristics of applicants and the local unemployment rate substantially affect the initial allowance rate.
Using data from the Current Population Survey matched to our administrative records, Nicholas and Wiseman (2009 and 2010) assess the impact of using administrative records on poverty estimation among elderly SSI recipients using the official and alternative definitions of poverty. Wiseman and Ycas (2008) compares the Canadian social assistance program for the elderly with the SSI program, looking at program structure, cost, and consequences for elderly poverty rates. Kemp (2010) conducts a descriptive analysis of the SSI student earned income exclusion. One ongoing study is examining the growth in SSI applications and awards among children. Another ongoing study is looking at SSI children by year of award and age at award and analyzing transitions (e.g., onto SSDI, off SSDI and SSI, mortality) as they age into adulthood. Parent, Sayman and Kulzer (2012) provides a comprehensive profile of the characteristics of disability beneficiaries with a connection to workers’ compensation or public disability benefits. Parent et al. (2012) found that 8.3 percent of disabled workers who have this connection tend to be economically better off, more frequently middle-aged, male, afflicted with a musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorder, and tend to wait longer to apply for SSDI benefits after onset than the general disabled-worker population.
Ongoing work and previously published papers by Rupp and Riley are based on a linkage of individual-level administrative data from SSA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. First, Rupp and Riley (2011) analyzes longitudinal patterns of interaction between SSDI and SSI and finds that one quarter of the year 2000 cohort of first-ever, working-age disability awardees received benefits from both programs over a 60-month period. A second paper (Rupp and Riley 2012) analyzes the effect of longitudinal interactions between the SSDI and SSI programs in providing access to Medicare and Medicaid, and finds that SSI facilitates high levels of Medicaid coverage for SSI awardees overall and provides access to Medicaid for many SSDI awardees during the 24-month Medicare waiting period. A third paper (Riley and Rupp, 2012) tracks expenditures for 2000-2006 for the SSDI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid programs and finds that SSI is a relatively low-expenditure program with important implications for the other three programs. The authors conclude that SSI and Medicaid provide a temporary safety net supporting SSDI beneficiaries during their SSDI and Medicare waiting periods. Ongoing work by the authors focuses on estimated cumulative expenditure patterns over the working-age adult portion of the life cycle for the year 2000 awardees for the four programs (SSDI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid). An additional piece of ongoing analysis focuses on the effect of State variations in Medicaid enrollment policy and implementation regimes on Medicaid coverage and expenditures. The three State policy regimes compared include: (1) automatic enrollment of SSI awardees; (2) requiring a separate Medicaid application in “Criteria States”; and (3) more restrictive Medicaid eligibility requirements in “209B States.” Coe and Rupp (2013) analyzes whether disability benefit recipients (SSDI and SSI) in States with easier access to health insurance will be more likely to work and exit from SSDI and/or SSI than their peers in States where health insurance is more difficult to access.
In response to these concerns and to improve our understanding of the relationship between the TANF and SSI populations and programs, our Office of Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support and ACF launched the TANF-SSI Disability Transition Project in October 2008. Working with ACF, TANF agencies in California, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York, select counties in these States, and the evaluation firm MDRC, we analyzed program data and examined State and county program coordination, and pilot-testing program innovations for TANF clients with disabilities. SSA, ACF, TANF agencies, and low-income individuals with disabilities and their families would benefit from more effective and efficient services—moving toward employment when possible, making informed decisions about applying for SSI, receiving SSI as quickly as possible if eligible, and reducing administrative costs.
On December 31, 2013, the project concluded with final reports on data analysis, program coordination, pilot test observations, and options for a larger demonstration project that builds on these findings (Barden 2013, Farrell 2013, Farrell et al. 2013, Farrell and Walter 2013, Pardoe 2013, Skemer and Bayes 2013).
The goal of the Homeless with Schizophrenia Presumptive Disability (HSPD) Pilot Demonstration is to improve the economic well-being of adult SSI applicants who are both homeless and diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. We partnered with clinicians and case managers in California from the Health Services Agencies of San Francisco and Santa Cruz counties, the Department of Public Health of the City of San Francisco, and the Department of Mental Health of Los Angeles County, who are actively assisting their clients to navigate the SSI application process and have established relationships with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder who are also homeless. There are two main features of the project: (1) the SSI application assistance; and (2) the use of presumptive disability (PD). The clinicians and case managers assist these individuals with gathering supporting medical evidence, coordinating medical appointments, and submitting the SSI application. Along with the SSI application, a Presumptive Disability Recommendation Form, created for this pilot demonstration, is also submitted. Clinicians from the community agencies certify that the applicant meets the SSA criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. To provide economic relief to the applicant while we process the application, we pay up to 6 months of SSI payments to the applicant based on PD. Applicants are not required to pay back these payments if we ultimately deny their applications, as long as we did not deny the applications for non-medical reasons; therefore, there must be a high degree of probability that the applicant is disabled when we confer PD SSI payments. Our field offices generally make PD findings only for specific disability categories, which do not include schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
In our evaluation, we will examine whether the program improves the administration of the SSI application and determination process. The evaluation is based on a quasi-experimental design, in which we will compare outcomes for applicants who receive assistance and PD payments with applicants from a previous period and applicants in surrounding areas. Within this framework, we plan to examine differences in initial allowance rates, appeals, failure-to-cooperate denials, processing times, total payments, exits from SSI, mortality, and the need for consultative exams. We expect to complete the evaluation by December 2014.
PROMISE is a joint project between SSA and the Departments of Education (ED), Labor, and Health and Human Services. The goals of the project are to improve the provision and coordination of services and supports for children with disabilities who receive SSI and their families in order to achieve improved education and employment outcomes. The targeted outcomes include completing postsecondary education and job training to obtain competitive employment in an integrated setting that may result in long-term reductions in the child recipient's reliance on SSI. In 2013, ED funded model demonstration projects in five individual States (Arkansas, California, Maryland, New York, and Wisconsin) and one consortium of States (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah) for 5 years. SSA is responsible for evaluating PROMISE.
Aron, Laudan Y. and Pamela Loprest. Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 2007.
Autor, David, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Duggan. Public Health Expenditures on the Working Age Disabled: Assessing Medicare and Medicaid Utilization of SSDI and SSI Recipients. National Bureau of Economic Research SSA Project No. NB09-08, September 2011.
Bailey, Michelle Stegman and Jeffrey Hemmeter. Characteristics of Noninstitutionalized DI and SSI Program Participants, 2010 Update, Research and Statistics Note 2014-02, Social Security Administration, February 2014.
Balkus, Richard, L. Scott Muller, Mark Nadel, and Michael Wiseman. “The Challenge of Growth: Public Disability Benefits in the United States.” In Sick Societies? Trends in Disability Benefits in Post-Industrial Welfare States, edited by Peter A. Kemp, Annika Sunden, and Bernhard Bakker Tauritz. Geneva, Switzerland: International Social Security Association, 2006.
Barden, Bret. Assessing and Serving TANF Recipients with Disabilities, OPRE Report 2013-56, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Ben-Shalom, Yonatan, and David Stapleton. The Work Experiences of New SSI Beneficiaries: A Longitudinal Perspective. Center for Studying Disability Policy Issue Brief Number 12-06. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. November 2012.
Ben-Shalom, Yonatan, David Stapleton, Dawn Phelps, and Maura Bardos. Longitudinal Statistics for New Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries. Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, November 2012.
Berkowitz, Edward D. and Larry DeWitt. 2013. The Other Welfare: Supplemental Security Income and U.S. Social Policy. New York, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013.
Blyler, Crystal, Denise Hoffman, and Gina Livermore. Ticket to Work Participants: Then and Now. Center for Studying Disability Policy Issue Brief Number 13-02. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. May 2013.
Burkhauser, Richard V. and Mary C. Daly. The Changing Role of Disabled Children Benefits. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter 2013-25, September 3, 2013.
________. The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities: What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2011.
________. The Returns to Work for Children Leaving the SSI-Disabled Children Program. Financial Literacy Center Working Paper No. WR-802-SSA, A Joint Center of the RAND Corporation, Dartmouth College and the Wharton School, October 2010.
________. Testing Education Tools to Demonstrate Returns to Work for Children Aging Out of the SSI-Disabled Children Program. Financial Literacy Center Working Paper No. WR-896-SSA, A Joint Center of the RAND Corporation, Dartmouth College and the Wharton School, November 2011.
Burkhauser, Richard V., Mary C. Daly, and Philip R. de Jong. Curing the Dutch Disease: Lessons for United States Disability Policy. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2008-188, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2008.
________. The Role of Disability Transfer Programs on the Economic Well Being of Working-Age People with Disabilities. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. UM08-Q2, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, October 2008.
Burkhauser, Richard V., Mary C. Daly, Jeff Larrimore, and Joyce Kwok. The Transformation of Who is Expected to Work in the United States and How it Changed the Lives of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2008-187, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2008.
Chatterji, Pinka and Ellen Meara. Health and Labor Market Consequences of Eliminating Federal Disability Benefits for Substance Abusers. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 13407, September 2007.
Coe, Norma B. and Kalman Rupp. Does Access to Health Insurance Influence Work Effort Among Disability Cash Benefit Recipients. Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2013-10, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, April 2013.
Coe, Norma B. and Matthew S. Rutledge. What is the Long-Term Impact of Zebley on Adult and Child Outcomes? Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2013-3, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, January 2013.
Compton, Charles Michael. An Exploration of the Attitudes, Values and Beliefs of Young SSI/DI Beneficiaries At or Near the Completion of Postsecondary Education Regarding Self-Sustaining Employment. D.E. dissertation, San Diego State University, 2010.
Congressional Budget Office. 2012. Supplemental Security Income: An Overview. Washington, DC: CBO.
DeCesaro, Anne and Jeffrey Hemmeter. Characteristics of Noninstitutionalized DI and SSI Program Participants. Research and Statistics Note No. 2008-02. Washington, DC: Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, January 2008.
________. The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11568, August 2005.
________. A Longitudinal Analysis of Entries and Exits of the Low-Income Elderly to and from the Supplemental Security Income Program. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2007-156, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, October 2007.
________. Public Health Insurance and SSI Program Participation Among the Aged. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2006-117, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, April 2006.
Farrell, Mary. Connections between TANF and SSI: Lessons from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project, OPRE Report 2013-57, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Farrell, Mary, Peter Baird, Bret Barden, Mike Fishman, and Rachel Pardoe. The TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project: Innovative Strategies for Serving TANF Recipients with Disabilities, OPRE Report 2013-51, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Farrell, Mary and Johanna Walter. The Intersection of Welfare and Disability: Early Findings from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project, OPRE Report 2013-06, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Fraker, Thomas, Peter Baird, Alison Black, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Anu Rangarajan, and Debbie Reed. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Colorado Youth WINS. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, April 2011.
Fraker, Thomas, Peter Baird, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Debbie Reed, and Allison Thompkins. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on the Career Transition Program. Report Prepared for the Social Security Administration, December 2012.
Fraker, Thomas, Alison Black, Joseph Broadus, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Reanin McRoberts, Anu Rangarajan, and Debbie Reed. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on the City University of New York’s Project. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, April 2011.
Fraker, Thomas, Alison Black, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Bonnie O’Day, Meghan O’Toole, Anu Rangarajan, and Debbie Reed. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Transition WORKS. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, February 2011.
Fraker, Thomas and Todd Honeycutt. Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Recommendation of the Technical Advisory Panel Regarding the Use of Incentive Payments and the Evaluation Design. Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, February 2012.
Fraker, Thomas, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Bonnie O'Day, Debbie Reed, and Allison Thompkins. The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Broadened Horizons, Brighter Futures. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, December 2012.
Fraker, Thomas, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Debbie Reed, Allison Thompkins, and David Wittenburg. The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on West Virginia Youth Works. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, December 2012
Fremstad, Shawn and Rebecca Vallas. Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities. Social Security Brief No. 40. Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, November 2012.
Hemmeter, Jeffrey. Changes in Diagnostic Codes at Age 18. Research and Statistics Note, No. 2012-04. Washington, DC: Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, October 2012.
Honeycutt, Todd and David Wittenburg. Identifying Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities Using Existing Surveys. Report prepared for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, July 2012.
Johnson, Richard W., Melissa M. Favreault and Corina Mommaerts. Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement. Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2009-28, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, November 2009.
Katz, Marsha R. Don’t Look for Logic: An Advocate’s Manual for Negotiating the SSI and SSDI Programs. Missoula, MT: University of Montana Rural Institute, 2005.
Kaushal, Neeraj. Elderly Immigrants’ Labor Supply Response to Supplemental Security Income. Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2008-25, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, January 2009.
Kirk, Adele. Understanding the Growth in Federal Disability Programs: Who are the Marginal Beneficiaries and How Much Do They Cost? Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2012-1, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, January 2012.
Levy, Helen. Income, Material Hardship, and the Use of Public Programs among the Elderly. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2009-208, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2009.
Livermore, Gina A., Denise Hoffman, and Maura Bardos. Ticket to Work Participant Characteristics and Outcomes Under the Revised Regulations.
Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Ad-ministration. September 2012.
Livermore, Gina A., Sarah Prenovitz, and Jody Schimmel. Employment-Related Outcomes of a Recent Cohort of Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program Enrollees.
Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, September 2011.
Loprest, Pamela J. and David C. Wittenburg. Choices, Challenges, and Options: Child SSI Recipients Preparing for the Transition to Adult Life. Report prepared under contract to the Social Security Administration, May 2005.
Martin, Patricia P. and John L. Murphy. African Americans: Description of Social Security and Supple-mental Security Income Participation and Benefit Levels Using the American Community Survey, Research and Statistics Note 2014-01, Social Security Administration, January 2014.
Martinez, John, Thomas Fraker, Michelle Manno, Peter Baird, Arif Mamun, Bonnie O’Day, Anu Rangarajan, and David Wittenburg. The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Implementation Lessons from the Original Projects.
Report prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Retirement Research, Social Security Administration, February 2010.
Martinez, John, Michelle S. Manno, Peter Baird, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, Bonnie O’Day, and Anu Rangarajan. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Profiles of the Random Assignment Projects. Report prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Retirement Research, Social Security Administration, December 2008.
McGarry, Kathleen and Jonathan Skinner. The Long-Term Financial and Health Outcomes of Disability Insurance Applicants. Paper presented at 11
th Annual Joint Conference of the Research Retirement Consortium, Washington, DC, August 10-11, 2009.
Meyer, Bruce D., Wallace K.C. Mok, and James X. Sullivan. The Under-Reporting of Transfers in Household Surveys: Its Nature and Consequences. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. NB08-12, September 2008.
Moore, Timothy J. The Employment Effect of Terminating Disability Benefits. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 19793, January 2014.
Morton, William R. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Reform: An Overview of Proposals to Reduce the Growth in SSDI Rolls. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. R43054, April 2013.
________. Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program: Overview and Current Issues. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. R41934, January 2014.
Moulta-Ali, Umar. Child Welfare: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits for Children in Foster Care. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL33855, September 2012.
________. Primer on Disability Benefits: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL32279, February 2014.
________. Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. 94-486, January 2014.
________. Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Accounts Not Counted as Resources. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RS22512, August 2011.
________. Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Income/Resource Limits and Accounts Exempt From Benefit Determinations. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RS20294, January 2014
Msall, Michael E., Fernando Bobis, and Shelly Field. “Children with Disabilities and Supplemental Security Income.” Infants & Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Special Care Practices 19, 1 (January-March 2006): 2-15.
Neumark, David and Elizabeth T. Powers. “The Effects of Changes in State SSI Supplements on Pre-Retirement Labor Supply.” Public Finance Review 33, 1 (January 2005): 3-35.
Pardoe, Rachel. Understanding Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A Guide for TANF Staff Members, OPRE Report 2013-50, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Parent, Rene. Defined Contribution Pension Plans and the Supplemental Security Income Program. Policy Brief No. 2006-01. Washington, DC: Office of Disability and Income Assistance Policy, Office of Policy, Social Security Administration, March 2006.
Parent, Rene, Jeffrey Hemmeter, and Nancy Early. Selected Characteristics and Self-Perceived Performance of Individual Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Representative Payees. Research and Statistics Note No. 2009-02. Washington, DC: Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, December 2009.
Parent, Rene, Incigul Sayman, and Kevin Kulzer. Profile of Social Security Disabled Workers and Dependents Who Have a Connection to Workers’ Compensation or Public Disability Benefits. Research and Statistics Note No. 2012-03. Washington, DC: Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, September 2012.
Rangarajan, Anu, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, John Martinez, Bonnie O’Day, and David Wittenburg. The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Evaluation Design Report. Report prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Retirement Research, Social Security Administration, January 2009.
Romig, Kathleen. Social Security Reform: Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL34433, April 2008.
Rupp, Kalman, Paul S. Davies, Chad Newcomb, Howard Iams, Carrie Becker, Shanti Mulpuru, Stephen Ressler, Kathleen Romig, and Baylor Miller. “A Profile of Children with Disabilities Receiving SSI Benefits: Highlights from the National Survey of SSI Children and Families.” Social Security Bulletin 66, 2 (2005/2006): 21-36.
Schimmel, Jody. New Evidence on the Role of Provider Business Model in the Economic Viability of Employment Networks in Ticket to Work. Center for Studying Disability Policy Issue Brief Number 13-04. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., July 2013.
Schimmel, Jody. Regulatory Changes and the Recession: How Did They Affect Ticket to Work Participants' Employment Efforts. Center for Studying Disability Policy Issue Brief Number 13-03. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., July 2013.
Schimmel, Jody, Bonnie O'Day, Allison Roche, Gina Livermore, and Dominic Harris. Evaluation of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Program Costs. Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, September 2010.
Schimmel, Jody, Allison Roche, and Gina Livermore. Evaluation of the Recent Experience of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Pro-gram Costs. Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, September 2011.
Skemer, Melanie and Brian Bayes. Examining the Interaction Between Welfare and Disability: Lessons from an In-Depth Data Analysis, OPRE Report 2013-49, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2013.
Soss, Joe and Lael R. Keiser. The Political Roots of Disability Claims: How State Environments and Policies Shape Citizen Demand. Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper No. 1292-05, January 2005.
Stapleton, David, Burt Barnow, Kevin Coleman, Kimberly Dietrich, Jeff Furman, and Gilbert Lo. Labor Market Conditions, Socioeconomic Factors, and the Growth of Applications and Awards for SSDI and SSI Disability Benefits, final report and appendix prepared under contract to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration, May 23, 1995.
Stapleton, David C., Gina Livermore, Craig Thornton, Bonnie O’Day, Robert Weathers, Krista Harrison, So O’Neil, Emily Sama Martin, and David Wittenburg. Ticket to Work at the Crossroads: A Solid Foundation with an Uncertain Future. Report prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, Social Security Administration, September 2008.
Stapleton, David, Gina Livermore, Andrea Zeuschner, Jeffery Furman, Kimberly Dietrich, and Gilbert Lo. Impairment Trends in the Growth of Applications and Awards for SSA Disability Benefits, final report and appendix prepared under contract to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration, May 24, 1995.
Stapleton, David C., and Frank H. Martin. Vocational Rehabilitation on the Road to Social Security Disability: Longitudinal Statistics from Matched Administrative Data. Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2012-269. University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2012.
Sweeney, Eileen P. and Shawn Fremstad. Supplemental Security Income: Supporting People with Disabilities and the Elderly Poor. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2005.
Szymendera, Scott. CRS Issue Statement on Disability Benefits. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. IS40283, January 2010.
________. Potential Effect of Marriage on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Eligibility and Benefits. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL33675, January 2008.
________. Social Security Administration: Suspension of Benefits for Fugitive Felons. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RS22355, December 2005.
________. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Proposed Changes to the Disability Determination and Appeals Processes. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL33179, April 2006.
Szymendera, Scott and Carol D. Davis. Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Benefit Changes for California Residents, 2006 and 2007. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service Report No. RS22365, January 2006.
Thornton, Craig. Can the Ticket to Work Program Be Self-Financing? Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, April 2012.
Thornton, Craig, Thomas Fraker, Gina Livermore, David Stapleton, Bonnie O’Day, Tim Silva, Emily Sama Martin, John Kregel, and Debra Wright. Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program: Implementation Experience During the Second Two Years of Operation (2003-2004). Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, January 2006.
Thornton, Craig, Gina Livermore, Thomas Fraker, David Stapleton, Bonnie O’Day, David Wittenburg, Robert Weathers, Nanette Goodman, Tim Silva, Emily Sama Martin, Jesse Gregory, Debra Wright, and Arif Mamun. Evaluation of the Ticket to Work: Program Assessment of Post-Rollout Implementation and Early Impacts. Report prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, Social Security Administration, May 2007.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, No. 12 Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements. Research Brief. Washington, DC: Administration for Children and Families, February 2008.
U.S. Government Accountability Office. Highlights of a Forum: Actions that Could Increase Work Participation for Adults with Disabilities. GAO-10-812SP, 2010.
________. Modernizing SSA Disability Programs: Preliminary Observations on Updates of Medical and Occupational Criteria. GAO-12-511T, 2012.
________. Modernizing SSA Disability Programs: Progress Made, but Key Efforts Warrant More Management Focus. GAO-12-420, 2012.
________. Social Security Disability: Management of Disability Claims Workload Will Require Comprehensive Planning. Testimony Before the Subcommittees on Social Security and Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, GAO-10-667T, 2010.
________. Social Security Reform: Raising the Retirement Ages Would Have Implications for Older Workers and SSA Disability Rolls. Report to the Chairman, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate, GAO-11-125, 2010.
________. SSA Disability Programs: Progress and Challenges Related to Modernizing. GAO-12-891T, 2012.
________. SSA Disability Representatives: Fee Payment Changes Show Promise, but Eligibility Criteria and Representative Overpayments Require Further Monitoring. Report to Congressional Committees, GAO-08-5, 2007.
________. SSA Has Taken Steps to Prevent and Detect Overpayments, but Additional Actions Could be Taken to Improve Oversight. GAO-13-109, 2012.
________. Students with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School. GAO-12-594, 2012.
________. Supplemental Security Income: Better Management Oversight Needed for Children's Benefits. GAO-12-497, 2012.
________. Ticket to Work Participation Has Increased, but Additional Oversight Needed. GAO-11-324, 2011.
________. Work Activity Indicates Certain Social Security Disability Insurance Payments Were Potentially Improper. GAO-13-635, 2013.
U.S. Social Security Administration. Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin. SSA Pub. No. 13-11700, Annual Publication of the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics.
________. SSI Annual Statistical Report. SSA Pub. No. 13-11827, Annual Publication of the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics.
U.S. Social Security Administration. SSI Recipients by State and County. SSA Pub. No. 13-11976, Annual Publication of the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics.
________. Trends in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs. SSA Publication No. 13-11831, Office of Policy, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, August 2006.
Wiseman, Michael. Supplemental Security Income for the Second Decade. Prepared for the Conference “Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after ARRA: The Most Promising Approaches.” Washington, DC: January 2010.
Wittenburg, David and Sandi Nelson. A Guide to Disability Statistics from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, February 2006.
Wixon, Bernard and Alexander Strand. Identifying SSA's Sequential Disability Determination Steps Using Administrative Data, Research and Statistics Note 2013-01, Social Security Administration, June 2013.
Wright, Debra, Gina Livermore, Denise Hoffman, Eric Grau, and Maura Bardos. 2010 National Beneficiary Survey: Methodology and Descriptive Statistics. Final Report. Report prepared for the Social Security Administration, April 2012.